very few cases clearly linked to from someone getting on a plane, so it is not. it is possible, but the likelihood is very small. airlines will insist you wear facemasks and the airport and on the plane as well and a couple of times i travelled last year i felt very safe, actually safer tha n last year i felt very safe, actually safer than i would do going into supermarkets in the uk, so yes, it is safe. in reality the dangers are pretty small. it is a lot about confidence, isn t it?- pretty small. it is a lot about confidence, isn t it? some people will choose confidence, isn t it? some people will choose not confidence, isn t it? some people will choose not to confidence, isn t it? some people will choose not to travel, - confidence, isn t it? some people will choose not to travel, of i will choose not to travel, of course, but others will feel they can. what sort of test measures do you feel would be proportionate, as things stand? i you feelwould be proportionate, as things s
what is the point of this? it is in the uk, so why are you stopping people travelling? i think we have been very supportive for the industry from day one of the pandemic that public health must come first, but at the same time if you re going to take steps they have got to be logical and proportionate. 0f got to be logical and proportionate. of course. not everybody travels for a holiday. some people are desperate to see relatives they have not seen for a long time. omicron is the latest variant. we are told to expect more, particularly if it is not a truly global vaccine programme thatis not a truly global vaccine programme that is achievable. what do you hope the next variant will mean in terms of restrictions and approaches from our government? our government? well, i think. i mean, our government? well, i think. i mean. this our government? well, i think. i mean. this is our government? well, i think. i mean, this is the our government? well, i think. i mean, this is the firs
meeting over this review of covid measures for england and of course we had heard from other parts of the uk on that as well. uk on that as well. yes, parliament ma have uk on that as well. yes, parliament may have been uk on that as well. yes, parliament may have been in uk on that as well. yes, parliament may have been in recess uk on that as well. yes, parliament may have been in recess for - uk on that as well. yes, parliament may have been in recess for the i uk on that as well. yes, parliament | may have been in recess for the last couple of weeks over christmas and new year, but the business of parliament, certainly, as far as it goesin parliament, certainly, as far as it goes in terms of responding to and dealing with the pandemic, has continued throughout. they heavy daily meetings at downing street and virtual meetings between others and ministers and officials and we have seen changes in various developments continue up until today and that announcement from the uk he
sir keir starmer is isolating, having tested positive for coronavirus for a second time. jonathan blake, bbc news. rules requiring travellers to take a test before they arrive in england could soon be scrapped, as the government reviews its coronavirus travel restrictions. the travel industry says compulsory testing for uk arrivals and departures has held back the sector s recovery. let s speak now to sean tipton from abta, which is an association representing travel agents and tour operators. thank you very much forjoining us. is this wishful thinking on your part? how realistic is it that you think they are going to drop this requirement? think they are going to drop this requirement? well, it is certainly bein: requirement? well, it is certainly being muted requirement? well, it is certainly being muted in requirement? well, it is certainly being muted in the requirement? well, it is certainly being muted in the press - requirement? well, it is certainly being muted in the pr
the british lost 18 men. among them, friends of paul bishop, who was just 21. after we took casualties and friends had been killed, you know, my feeling was hate towards them, you know? we. you know, we wanted to take out as many as we could, we wanted to remove them from the islands. later, paul witnessed this the argentine attacks at bluff cove, where the british lost more than 50 men. whoosh of artillery strikes we are now between the two gunlines and there s a right old artillery duel going on between them. the battle on the ground tookjust over a month. on the 14th ofjune, the argentines surrendered. 649 of them lost their lives. the british had lost 255 men. so what will the 40th anniversary mean for these veterans?